David Octavius Hill
John Ban MacKenzie (1796–1864), Piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Highland Society

John Ban MacKenzie (1796–1864), Piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Highland Society

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John Ban MacKenzie (1796–1864), Piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Highland Society
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • John Ban MacKenzie (1796–1864), Piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Highland Society
Date1844
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in. (20 × 14.2 cm)
 Mount: 14 3/4 × 10 5/16 in. (37.5 × 26.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.496
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceRoyal Scottish Academy; Thackeray & Roberts; Daniel Wolf; Walter Le Croy; Hans P. Kraus, Jr; Mayer & Mayer, Stuttgart

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Mayer & Mayer, 10/11/1989

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "WL 17"; bottom center: "(Stevenson p.8 / John Ban Mackensie"
Lower right: "7500"
Marked in pencil, recto, upper right corner: "5362 [check-mark] R/4/6"
Lower right corner in ink: "RA [with line curving between letters]"
Lower left in pencil: "do [? cursive letters]"
photographer's monogram stamp, reference number, in pencil, on recto of mount, title and reference information, in pencil, on verso of mount

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